I going to school starting this fall, I have 2 classes which I have to actually go to the school for, and 3 online courses. How much time do I need to study. The good thing about going to school is I work 40 hours a week, I already took 1 college course online and finished it 2 months in advance at work!! My job loves that I am going to school, is 30 hours a week enough time to study, or do I need to study more?
#1 by Xa-Vier on July 24, 2010 - 11:14 am
There’s a rule about studying for courses in general and it is that you should spend two to three hours for ever credit hour of the course (i.e. if it’s a four credit hour course you should spend between 8 and 12 hours a week on it outside of class). 30 hours a week, unless you really feel like you need it is overkill, though I would strongly suggest spending more time studying for on-line courses than for in-class courses. The reason for this is that there are grading factors (fair or not) that occur when sitting in a class room face to face with the professor that do not exist when you are for all intensive purposes anonymous as you are on-line. You generally won’t get the same impact of knowledge on your own as you would from the class room experience UNLESS you put the extra effort in (which at 30 hours per course it sounds like you might) to accomplish it.
#2 by emily on July 24, 2010 - 11:34 am
i think thats good but will you have time to yourself?